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Boston Overtime Pay

Overtime is one of the most searched pay categories in Boston payroll data. This page highlights the records and departments with the largest reported overtime totals while also reminding readers that overtime reflects payroll reporting categories, operational needs, and labor agreements rather than a single explanation.

Departments with the most overtime

Boston Police Department $1,147,692,406

Boston Fire Department $504,515,973

Public Works Department $74,356,196

Property Management $35,474,109

Parks Department $26,319,037

Traffic Division $25,758,010

Inspectional Services Dept $24,940,631

BPS Facility Management $19,904,786

Boston Public Library $10,562,887

Boston Public Schools $6,749,840

Facilities Management $6,524,969

Dpt of Innovation & Technology $5,753,978

Highest overtime payroll records

Employee	Year	Department	Title	Total Gross	Overtime
Marc Ryan Hayhurst	2024	Boston Fire Department	Fire Lieutenant	$223,742	$32,842
Soheil T Wright	2025	Traffic Division	Prin Traffic Investigator	$100,048	$32,840
Bryan Edward Warner	2020	Boston Fire Department	Fire Lieutenant	$0	$32,838
Ismael Sosa	2014	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$32,837
Gregory R. Eunis	2016	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$32,836
Victor Rui Monteiro	2017	Public Works Department	Motor Equip Rep Frpr I (CFM)##	$0	$32,836
Sean Gannon	2024	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$200,274	$32,832
Brian Stallings	2021	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$147,146	$32,829
Flor De Maria O'Keefe	2025	Boston Retirement System	Director of Technology	$189,913	$32,827
Connor T Murphy	2018	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$32,826
Sean Patrick Murphy	2025	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$173,037	$32,825
Leonard Aaron Whitted	2019	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter-Technician	$0	$32,825
Taylor S. Small	2013	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$32,824
Rafael M Antunez	2012	Boston Police Department	Police Detective	$0	$32,823
Hector Gonzalez	2014	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$32,817
Bernadette L. Sullivan	2025	Boston Police Department	Police Sergeant	$268,492	$32,817
Kevin M. Guy	2016	Boston Police Department	Police Detective	$0	$32,815
Megan Lee	2020	Boston Police Department	Distance Learning Coord ARRA	$0	$32,813
Evon J Burroughs	2019	Boston Police Department	Police Offc Mobile Offc 2$6	$0	$32,811
Paul S Luciano	2021	Boston Fire Department	Dist Fire Chief	$233,645	$32,810
Beth Leary	2015	Boston Police Department	Police Lieutenant	$0	$32,810
Richard M Chin	2015	Boston Police Department	Police Detective	$0	$32,808
Ellis E Thornton	2012	Boston Police Department	Police Detective	$0	$32,806
Gregory L Vickers	2016	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$32,805
Gerrard Lett	2012	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$32,804
Paul R Donovan	2014	Boston Police Department	Police Sergeant (Det)	$0	$32,803
Jean-Gerard Dorsainvil	2012	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$32,803
Hung T Hua	2016	Traffic Division	Sr Radio Communications Tech	$0	$32,801
Christopher Lee Jacobs	2025	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$152,032	$32,798
Jeffrey Lopes	2014	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$32,798
Kenneth A MacMaster	2013	Boston Police Department	Police Lieutenant	$0	$32,798
James Thomas Nee	2023	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter-Technician	$166,965	$32,797
Stephen J Ridge	2011	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$32,793
Michael James McCarthy	2023	Boston Fire Department	Fire Captain-Technician	$207,324	$32,792
Michael James McCarthy	2022	Boston Fire Department	Fire Captain-Technician	$207,324	$32,792
Michael Buchanan	2015	Boston Fire Department	FF (Mas Of F Boat)	$0	$32,790
Michael C O'Hara	2012	Boston Police Department	Police Sergeant/Comm Serv Offc	$0	$32,790
Michael A DelMonaco	2025	Parks Department	Fleet Manager	$134,991	$32,786
Thomas Michael Finn	2021	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$154,474	$32,784
Samuel J Smith	2024	Property Management	Security Offc (Prot Ser)	$77,992	$32,783
Matthew S Guerard	2020	Boston Fire Department	Fire Fighter	$0	$32,781
Peter L McCarthy	2014	Boston Police Department	Police Detective	$0	$32,780
Kevin P Rodday	2013	Boston Police Department	Police Sergeant/Hackney Invest	$0	$32,778
Richard Casallas	2013	Boston Police Department	Police Officer	$0	$32,777
Jon-Michael S Harber	2017	Boston Police Department	Police Offc Harborboat 3$8	$0	$32,777
Mary M. Rooney	2019	Boston Police Department	Police Detective	$0	$32,776
Jeffrey M Whitman	2024	Boston Fire Department	Dist Fire Chief	$321,276	$32,775
Thomas E. Sullivan	2025	Boston Police Department	Police Detective	$188,707	$32,772
Ralph T. Dean	2020	Boston Fire Department	FF (Mas Of F Boat)	$0	$32,770
Kevin P. Rull	2015	Public Works Department	Sr Highway Maint CrftsprsPwd##	$0	$32,767